Alaska earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 35 km NE of Atka, Alaska

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 35 km NE of Atka, Alaska on Sun, Apr 30, 2017, 3:10 AM HADT (12:10 UTC), 149 km (93 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 71 km SE of Atka, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2017-04-30 12:10:04 UTC
Depth
149.3 km (92.8 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
52.425° N, 173.841° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
14

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.420 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 188 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 2.667 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3441 days ago · 101 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 3.366 km S of Atka, Alaska · 3436 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.117 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3428 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 4.845 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 3.546 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 1.743 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 2.644 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 2.539 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 1.945 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 3.544 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.3101 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3420 days ago · 158 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.629 km NNW of Atka, Alaska · 3419 days ago · 166 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 3.048 km NE of Atka, Alaska · 3417 days ago · 123 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 3.262 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3413 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 3.162 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.642 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3411 days ago · 60 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 4.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3406 days ago · 221 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 3.153 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 51 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.556 km WSW of Atka, Alaska · 3404 days ago · 66 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 1.962 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 2.238 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3402 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  23. 3.656 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3400 days ago · 81 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 3.699 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3398 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 2.483 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 58 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 5.471 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.676 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.472 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3395 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 2.671 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 4.075 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 3.489 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 3.665 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3394 days ago · 57 km deep · 77 km away
  33. 3.268 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 143 km deep · 40 km away
  34. 4.550 km NNE of Atka, Alaska · 3392 days ago · 191 km deep · 20 km away
  35. 4.057 km NW of Atka, Alaska · 3387 days ago · 228 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 3.654 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3384 days ago · 65 km deep · 33 km away
  37. 3.653 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  38. 3.950 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  39. 2.242 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3383 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away

Before

  1. 3.067 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3444 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 3.6Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 3447 days ago · 168 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.273 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 53 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.432 km WNW of Atka, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 212 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 2.593 km ENE of Atka, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 118 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.888 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3449 days ago · 26 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.947 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.639 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3450 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 3.364 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3451 days ago · 53 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.846 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3455 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.220 km N of Atka, Alaska · 3456 days ago · 181 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.539 km SW of Atka, Alaska · 3460 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 2.060 km W of Atka, Alaska · 3467 days ago · 79 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 3.263 km SE of Atka, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.945 km ESE of Atka, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 2.371 km E of Atka, Alaska · 3468 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 1.940 km SSW of Atka, Alaska · 3470 days ago · 38 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.167 km SSE of Atka, Alaska · 3471 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away

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